
Senior Manager, Global Expense Management
- Manila City, Metro Manila
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Team Leadership & Development
- Lead and supervise daily operations of the GEM Shared Services team.
- Provide leadership, training, mentoring, and career development support.
- Recruit, retain, and develop talent aligned with business needs and individual goals.
- Foster an inclusive and collaborative team environment.
- Lead with empathy, promoting inclusion for all.
- Process Excellence & Standardization
- Develop and implement global standardization across end-to-end GEM processes.
- Drive automation and efficiency improvements, sponsoring related initiatives.
- Maintain accurate and timely SOPs and workflow documentation applicable for current and future operations.
- Ensure alignment and collaboration across FSSC teams and support the FSSC framework.
- Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration
- Serve as the go-to expert for executing approved guidelines and policies across GEM, Procurement, and other functions.
- Work closely with Procurement, Treasury, HR, Record to Insight, and other process owners to define guardrails, process matrices, and reconciliations.
- Build strong internal and external stakeholder partnerships and support dispute resolution and root cause analysis.
- Performance & Change Management
- Deliver agreed KPIs and follow through on strategic actions for process improvements.
- Lead effective change management and coordinate with business leaders on key finance projects and global initiatives.
- Deliver Business Review sessions with key stakeholders.
- Drive the success of designated FSSC initiatives and other global projects.
- Compliance & Audit
- Ensure SOX and other control executions are in place for accurate processing of invoices, payments, travel and expense reimbursements, and liquidations.
- Collaborate with Internal Audit and support both internal and external audits.
- Maintain quality assurance and compliance across all GEM processes.
- Other Responsibilities
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- BS Accountancy, CPA required
- Experience in Account Payable, Travel and Expense, General Ledger and Account Reconciliation required
- Minimum of 10 years prior relevant experience with 7 years in team leadership
- BPO/SSC work experience required.
- Ability to work and deliver within tight deadlines, with willingness to work extended hours.
- Strong problem-solving abilities to address and resolve operational issues.
- Familiarity with ERP systems and data analytics platforms, preferably Workday Financials
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong stakeholder management skills.
- Flexibility to adapt to changing business needs and environment